It’s my distinct pleasure, for this, our post-NaNo episode, to welcome C.L. Clark (@C_L_Clark) to the show! Cherae reads a pair of excerpts from their trunked novel, The Bitch of Maradon, which leads us into a great conversation about formal and informal writing education, interrogating our biases, and how awkward it can be to revisit our old writing in the context of actually reading it out loud. Cherae also shares the story of her journey from NaNoWriMo to publication for their amazing novel, The Unbroken.

Things we mention this episode:

The Unbroken, by C.L. Clark

Héctor’s episode

My episode with Sharon Hsu

George Carlin

NaNoWriMo

Brandon Sanderson

Scrivener

Podcastle

Frodo it is done dot gif

#DVPit

Just Like Home episode

The Faithless, by C.L. Clark

Writers of the Future

Tor.com

“Sisyphus,” by C.L. Clark

Queers Destroy SF

Seanan McGuire

Lockie Hunter

Steering the Craft, by Ursula K. Le Guin

Wonderbook, by Jeff Vandermeer

The Expanse, by James S.A. Corey

The Godkiller, by Hannah Kaner

Small Gods and Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett

Cherae’s website and insta

Maslowe’s Hierarchy of Needs

The Skeleton War

“SFF’s Big Fat Problem,” by R.K. Duncan

Join us next month, when I’ll be talking to Annalee Newitz and Juliet Kemp, plus our annual awards roundup!